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Great Plains Zoo

Q: Where is Great Plains Zoo?

United States. Great Plains Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, at 805 South Kiwanis Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57104. Its coordinates are 43.537° N, 96.765° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Badlands National Park, about 451 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Great Plains Zoo?

26 species. Citizen-science photos record 26 species at Great Plains Zoo, including Chilean Flamingo, Humboldt Penguin, Japanese Macaque, Scarlet Ibis and American White Pelican. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Q: Where can you see the animals of Great Plains Zoo in the wild?

Chilean Flamingo: Lauca National Park. Some of the animals photographed at Great Plains Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Chilean Flamingo (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Lauca National Park), Japanese Macaque (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Nikko National Park) and Scarlet Ibis (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Caroni Swamp).

Q: When did Great Plains Zoo open and how big is it?

Opened 1963, 19 ha. Great Plains Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1963 and covers about 19 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 26 species are photographed there.

🇺🇸 United States

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, United States 26 spp. present

The Great Plains Zoo is a 45-acre (18 ha) zoo located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. The zoo formerly was connected with the Delbridge Museum of Natural History, and prior to the closure of the museum, the museum displayed 150 mounted animals, including 38 "vanishing species". The Great Plains Zoo is owned and operated through a partnership between the City of Sioux Falls and the Zoological Society. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

43.537° N 96.765° W

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Essentials

Entrance

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Tourism

High

Species present

species

Opened

1963

Size

Large

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Getting there

Address: 805 South Kiwanis Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57104
Phone: +1-605-367-7003

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What visitors say

🦒 Animals in captivity

Phoenicopterus chilensis

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Lauca National Park+ 4 more parks

Spheniscus humboldti

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

in Lima

LC Endemic

Macaca fuscata

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Nikko National Park

Eudocimus ruber

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Caroni Swamp+ 1 more park

Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve+ 22 more parks

Larosterna inca

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

in Machalilla National Park

Sarcoramphus papa

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

in Brownsberg Nature Park+ 52 more parks

Tockus deckeni

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Tarangire National Park+ 14 more parks

Before you go

Where is Great Plains Zoo?

United States

Great Plains Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, at 805 South Kiwanis Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57104. Its coordinates are 43.537° N, 96.765° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Badlands National Park, about 451 km away.

What animals can you see at Great Plains Zoo?

26 species

Citizen-science photos record 26 species at Great Plains Zoo, including Chilean Flamingo, Humboldt Penguin, Japanese Macaque, Scarlet Ibis and American White Pelican. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Where can you see the animals of Great Plains Zoo in the wild?

Chilean Flamingo: Lauca National Park

Some of the animals photographed at Great Plains Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Chilean Flamingo (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Lauca National Park), Japanese Macaque (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Nikko National Park) and Scarlet Ibis (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Caroni Swamp).

When did Great Plains Zoo open and how big is it?

Opened 1963, 19 ha

Great Plains Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in the United States, opened in 1963 and covers about 19 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 26 species are photographed there.